ELEPHANT PANAME
 
Éléphant Paname is now an art and dance center. This mansion on 10 Rue Volney was built during the reign of Napoleon III by Russia’s ambassador to France, Alexis Saltykov. A connoisseur and patron of the arts, Ambassador Saltykov was a leading figure of the period.
It offers 500 sq.m of prestigious reception and gallery space, perfect for hosting exhibitions, installations and performance pieces, conferences, concerts and staged events, etc. Éléphant Paname brings works of celebrated and yet-to-be-discovered artists into dialogue. EP is untamed. Periods and disciplines brush up against each other.
But Éléphant Paname is also 500 sq.m of state-of-the-art studios, ideal for dance companies and classes, choreographers, actors, stage directors, casting sessions, musicians, clowns… 
Last but not least, It is also  a restaurant serving excellent food in a convivial atmosphere, with the aim of making gastronomy accessible. And it’s a tea salon where you’ll want to linger the entire afternoon… You won’t want to leave EP, allowing your creative juices to flow, dreaming and remaking the world.
Resolutely independent, free like the wind, fluid like dance, Éléphant Paname is akin to a family home with a soul, a mind of its own and a philosophy.
After its first inaugural exhibition called EP de l’Air, Eléphant Paname had the great pleasure to host Elliott Erwitt’s exhibition Personnal Best, Personnal Choice, then Noëlla Pontois, divine ballerina and finally César Emprint of a genius. From September 27th, you will be able to visit Verdi at Eléphant Paname for the bicentenary of his death.